Local social notes from Middleport area events
Friday to attend the annual banquet. Frances Wilson mentioned. Jordan and daughter plan a Chicago term at the University of Chicago. K. Smith at Russell Kentucky visitor and daughter. Spr. and Mrs. Olson of Springfield visited. Earl Quivey bought the Robert Saul property on South Second. Fisher improving after illness. Nan Moore and Mrs. Dwight to Ohio University Athens for summer term. Nan Moore and daughter visiting Jerusalem Thursday. Mrs. Robert Washington entertained embroidery club. Pate Hooper and Bidine Hooper visited from Boston and Columbus. Lawrence Bing moving to Middleport. Harry Johnact and family to housekeeping in Murphy property. Frank Simma moved from Athens to Middleport. Ray Farmer and wife to Columbus for weekend with relatives. Lucille Mayer to join them later. Paul Dillard and Dorothy Coates spent Thursday in Athens. Harrie Marie Smith hosted her Bridge club on South Recon Avenue.
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Iddlefort
Seqwuromer
Vivian
Frances Wils
Slater
Miss Bolthis
Jordan
Chicago
K. Smith
Russell, Ky
Spr
Mrs. Olson
Springfield
Earl Quivey
Robert Saul
South Second
Incis
Fisher
Nan Moore
Dwight “Tim
Ohio University
Athens
Ywra
Boston
Mars
Bidine Hooper
Columbus
Lawrence Bing
South Second” Avenue
Harry Johnact
Gine
Ray Farmer
Gordon Gardner
Lucille Mayer
Ohio State University
Mayer
Wil
Paul Dillard
Dorothy Coates
Harrie Marie Smith
Bridge Club
South Recon Ave ‘Nue
Webster Resigns from Salisbury Township Justice Seat
POMEROY June 6 R G Webster has resigned as one of Salisbury Township’s three justices due to other obligations. The vacancy will not be filled until the fall election. E R Titus will handle justice duties in the interim with F W Gilmore serving in Middleport and Pomeroy.
Birth Control Opposed by Baptists at Convention
Northern Baptist Church rejects Federal Council of Churches birth control sanction. Delegates at the Baptist National Convention in Kansas City oppose council involvement on such subjects. A heated floor clash followed a Finance Committee report listing a 9850 appropriation for the council. Reverend W. H. Rogers urged independence in policy. Rhode Island delegation urged exact relations between the denomination and the council.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hansas City
Juna
U.P
Northern Baptist Church
Federal Council of Churches
Baptist National Convention
Federal Council
Finance Committee
Baptist Church
W. H. Rogers
Portland
Ore
Rhode Island
Who Sent That to Ripley Phil Asks Who Sent That to Ripley
Phil Wold proprietor of a Portsmouth clothing house and noted elite was photographed in Ripley’s Gellerbe Tell or Not as the only man in baseball history to record three outs at bat in one inning. The incident happened years ago in an amateur game when the club circled three times Wolff made all outs. Wolff was in town yesterday seeking the anonymous pitcher who sent the outs to the world, but he did not find him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy
Phil Wold
Aimilar Éstablshmente
Portsmouth
Ripley's “Gelleve Tt
Wolff
Local notes from Pomeroy and surroundings
William Freeman returns to Cleveland with Misa Virginia Burns visiting for several weeks. The body of Mrs. D. D. Blizzard was brought from Akron to Tuppers Plains for burial. Undertaker Ralston Vale, a former Pomeroy resident, arrived with the body. Wr. and Richard Campbell move from Krider property in Pomeroy to Lorenzo Davis home on Chester Road. Mrs. Charles Ricketts returns home from Gallipolia hospital. Miss Ethel Smith, burned in a stove fire near Rutland, was taken to Gallipolia hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiliam Freeman
Pomeroy
Cleveland
Misa
Virginia Burns
D. D. Blizzard
Meigs County
Tuppers Plains
Akron
Ralston Vale
A. W. Vale
Main Street
Richard Campbell
Krider
Fomery
Lorenzo Davis
Chester Road
Charles Ricketts
Mechanic Street
Gallipolia Hospital
Ethel Smith
Rutland
Cooking School Ends Series of Meetings in Athens County
A series of Athens County vegetable cookery school meetings was concluded at the Athens Grange Hall Friday. Miss Alma Garvin Columbus state extension nutrition specialist demonstrated simple salads and dressings to a group of county women readers. Six communities Athens Canaan Lodi Alexander Rome and Troy are represented. Leaders will show women in their communities how to prepare salads.
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Athens County
Athens
Salisbury Township Names For Next Year Schools
OMEROY June 6. Salisbury Township Board of Education met at Willamson home to hire teachers for the coming year. Assigned principals Rose HMF Ray Wilson Brittla Weeks Mae Fern Davig Fairie Earlywine Rocksprings W 5 Greenler Norma Beahrs Laurel Cli t E J Tracey Nelle Tracy Hiland Clara Window Evelyn Turner Midway Elizabeth Crane Run Harriet McIntosh Lotta Bernice A Evans Bradbury F G Mutebler Mildred Feeney Edith Forest Genevieve Joachim Bailey Ron Margaret Swanger Jacobs Audrey Circle Silver Run Charles B Young Sadie McElhiney Alice Conway Lettia Evans VROOMANS ARE HOME Middleport June 6. Mrs Frank Vrooman and wife return from Houston Texas where the husband attended the National Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen Convention. They arrived home after more than a month in the Southern city.
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Omeroy
Phil Williamson
Salisbury Township
Bailey Ron
Margaret Swanger
Jacobs
Audrey Circle
Silver Run
Charles B. Young
Sadie McElhiney
Alice Conway
Lettia Evans
Vroomans
Middleport
Frank Vrooman
Houston
Tex
Furmer
National Brotherhood of Railroad
Frank Knopp Hurt In Train Yard Accident At Armitage
Conductor Frank Knopp was badly injured when a sudden stop on a local freight train threw him to the side of the caboose at Armitage near Athens. He suffered back injuries and has been confined to his home on Grant Street since the accident Thursday.
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Caboose
Middleport
Frank Knopp
Armitage
Athens
Grant Street
Enboose
Mrs Colwell Buried in Salem Township Funeral Home
Mrs Milton Colwell 76 born Celesta Heacock was buried Friday afternoon in Salem Center. For years she and her sister De Heacock managed a 640 acre farm in Salem Township and lived in the family homestead. The funeral was held at the residence by Pastor Pevereuil Pritchard of the Community Church in Columbus.
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Salem Township
Salem Center
Milton Colwell
Celesta Heacock
de Heacock
Vinton
Colwell
Pevereuil Pritchard
Columbus
Strawberries Fine Crop Boosts Local Market Prices
Pomeroy June 6 Strawberries in Melits County reach peak yields with large acreage. Local market price is 40 cents per box while Northern shipments fetch higher returns. Reports also circulate of a divorce and remarriage involving Mrs Anne D Stillman and Fowler McCormick in Poughkeepsie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Melits County
Poughkeepsie, N
Anne D. Stillman
James A. Stillman
Fowler McCormick
Harold F. McCormick
International Harvester Company
Sycamore Trees in Valley Town Face Leafing Threat
POMEROY June 5 Forest observers note sycamore trees in the valley show poor leafing due to last year’s drought. Two riverfront specimens near Captain Horton’s home stand with top leaves yet bare lower branches, prompting state forestry to investigate a possible parasite and drought aftereffects. Experts from Davey Tree Co and Webster station seek a remedy, hopeful rain will revive leaf growth.
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Pomeroy
H. M
Horton
State Poarts of Agriculture
State Department of Forestry
Cincinnati
Davey Tree Company
Webster
Drought Affects Forest Trees Near Waterways
A forestry division notes that the poor condition of trees in the drought hit regions results from extended drought and low stream flows. The Sycamore, long famed in Ohio since white settlement, was revered by Native Americans as the Ghost Tree due to its shedding bark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
4-H Club Work Popular in County
Meigs County reports 21 clubs with 380 members, 149 boys and 261 girls, the largest enrollment in county history. Lists clubs Letart Freeland Norris leaders, Great Bend Sam Marrs, Reedville Nelson Torrence, Portland Rev. N. O Warren, Dexter Mary Jane Hatslinger, Carpenter W W L Swett, and many officers including Thomas Sayre, Ralph Barton, Lenore Daret, Ida Somers, Mary V. Tearkey, and others across parishes like Tapper Plains Keno and Racine.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Boya
Gitia
Varloia
Letart
Freeland Norris
Lawrence Foush
Warren Pickens
Ralph Barton
Eugene Coleman
Betty Matlack
Iris Coleman
Evelyn Stalneker
Mary Smith
Doris Larkins
Freedsville
Helen Emrick
Doris Randolph
Lil-ian Willams
Ernestina Barton
Eijeer
Larking
Garnet Brooks
Forest Run
Rorena Genheimer
Altons Bally
Gladys Walker
Pauline Morehead
Maxine Swan
Kathryn Roush
Marty McDade
Racine
Helen Simpson
Ejeanor Bentz
Eivelyn Lee
Lena Byers
Marcella Cleland
Bonnie Miles
Hemroth Grove
Muldree Smith
Virginie Smith
Dorothy Jones
Evelyn Heilman
Elizabeth Clark
Clara Follroy
Harrisonville
Vinas Wilson
Frances Cain
Pauline Davidson
Harriet Fail
Kathryn Wyatt
Harriet Allen
Erline Sargent Lucora Roush
Eileen Roush
Lernie Barnitz
Grace Carpenter
Glady Crow
Julia Barnit
Hilda Alexander
Frances Nortt
Frankie Mass
Marabel O'Connor
Loeust Grove
Mr Caldwell
Jearer
Hall Summerfield
Faye Caldwell
Bert Damewood
Helene Caldwel
Rut Damewood
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Jomeroy Be
Education Board
Anduntioa
Magnolia Lodge
Pythian Sisters
Lawmbikera
Gilbert Weeks
Recksprings Methodist Church
Mother's
W. A. Carman
D. A. Terrell
W. KR. Farnham
Pomeroy High School
G. BE. Heizer
Gallipots
Willecture
Bethany M. Be
Award Wolf
Anthony Wolf
Los Angeles
Catherine Bengel
H. V. Carl
Albert
Theo Bengel
Mabel Ashworth
Anna Eppelin
Mulberry Avenue
Robert Venable
Ceediat
Rome
Mussolini
Jane
Arsaldo Mussolini
Vatius
Deservatore
Lalien
Milan
Fopol D’ Ttaria
Ripley
Phil
Milbury
J. R. Davis
Robert
D. R. Davie
Toledo News-Hee
Here
New York Central
Stor Pon
Kkk Enteretites
Glouster
Salisbury ‘Township
Mrs. Colwell
Farley
American Dry Cleaners
Swanson
North Court St
Braham
Graham
Guthrie Auto Sales Co
Corner Court and
Carpenter Sta. Automatic
Symphony Amcrica
Avery
Bumlay Breaky
Ene Pr
Moe ‘Commbte
Grhive
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